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Sunday, 26 May 2013

This is the second time I review dienacht here on the Sunday Zine Review. Last February, I wrote about the magazine's 12th issue and today I'm talking about their latest issue, which has been released one month later than usual but that has been definitely worth waiting for.

For those of you who haven't heard about dienacht, it is mainly a photography magazine although there's also space for illustrators and graphic designers. Each issue usually features the work and series of a selection of artists coming from very different photography genres, a couple of graphic design and illustration portfolio showcases and a final section with zines, books and magazines reviews.

Issue 13th features the work of New York-based photographer Chad Moore, whose book "Between Us" I reviewed here last year. It also showcases the series "Nature Morte" by Ingar Krauss, the nocturnal landscapes of Daisuke Yokota, Francesco Merlini's black and white work, Verena Brandt's daily life images and Johan Bäuman's Albino project amongst other features.

Sunday, 19 May 2013

Sometimes accidents in photographs can turn them into something special. One of my favourite photographs is an image I took a few years ago and that is almost completely overexposed due to the fact that I opened the camera without realising that the film wasn't over.

In Accidentally On Purpose, graphic arts and design student Ben Richards has compiled photographs he took and that at the the time of development were not desired. Ben has created a a series that show how these once unwanted images can also be beautiful.

From light leaks and expired Polaroids to accidental shutter releases and errors during development, Ben shows how these unwanted images can be more desirable than technically perfect, staged photographs.

Ben Richards has released two volumes of Accidentally on Purpose that have now sold out, but keep an eye on his website for future releases!

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Bruised is a zine published by creative collective Freeways Collide. Established in 2009, first as a blog and later as an art space and sponsorship program, Freeways Collide decided to focus their strength and create their first zine, Bruised, earlier this year.

Bruised is a photography zine edited by Freeways Collide's founders, Lowell Ong and Sara Todd. The second issue is called 'Merging Oceans' and is a collection of photographs taken by Lowell and Sara, showcasing moments of their lives in California.

I've really enjoyed the selection of images for this issue, maybe because I love anything that has to do with California, but I like that there's a voyeuristic element in some of the photographs and how there's, somehow, an overall feeling of loneliness in the zine.

Saturday, 18 May 2013

Earlier this week, I released the latest issue of Boys on Film. It also came with great news because I received an email from the MoMA library being interested in adding all the issues of Girls on Film and Boys on Film to their archive!

I will be sending them a parcel with all the issues in a couple of weeks - New Yorkers, you should be able to enjoy Girls on Film for free really soon!

Head to Girls on Film website to check this issue online or buy a copy:

Sunday, 12 May 2013

Today's second review is The Thames Link by Dorrell Merritt. Dorrell is a fine art photographer and writer based in London. I came across Dorrell online (probably Twitter or Tumblr, really can't remember) a while ago and we exchanged a few emails about photography.

Quite recently, Dorrell messaged me to talk about his first book and he seemed really excited about it. There's lots of reasons to be excited about a first book, but Dorrell should also feel really proud of The Thames Link.

In this book, Dorrell has collated photographs from his night journeys on the Thameslink train line. There's always something really intriguing in everyday situations and routines like riding the train or bus to work, but it's difficult to portray this and to find the unexpected in something we do every day. Dorrell has managed to do this in The Thames Link, capturing the loneliness of the night ride and details that probably remain hidden for most of the regular passengers of this train line.

The book also includes three poems that Dorrell wrote on his own experiences, memories and the historical significance of the line.

You can buy the book online at Dorrell's website or at Tate Modern, Claire de Rouen and Donlon Books in London.

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I'm really happy to talk about Shoppinghour again on today's first review. In October last year, I published an interview with its editor, Peter Eramian, here on the blog. Peter introduced the magazine to the Sunday Zine Review readers and also talked about the whole cycle of producing a publication.

Now on its tenth issue, Shoppinghour presents a bigger format that reflects the growth and evolution of the magazine. This is a well-deserved change for a publication that focuses on, somehow, niche topics, bringing the arts, social sciences and humanities together.

This new format is also accompanied by a larger number of contributors from all over the world. South African photographer Nico Krijno, Glaswegian artist Niall Macdonal or Polish director and writer Michal Kosakowski are just a few of the collaborators who have contributed their photographs, artworks and texts to the tenth issue of Shoppinhour.

Shoppinghour 10 is now available at Shoppinghour's online shop and also at selected bookshops across United Kingdom, Europe, New York, Tokio, Seoul and South Africa. You can find more information about the distributors on Shoppinghour's website.

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Thursday, 9 May 2013

Here are some of the latest photos I took for Future Positive. Future Positive is one of the side projects I'm involved in and it's a website that features interviews with creative and entrepreneurial individuals.

We started the website in January and this is our third project, an interview with the founders of Brew Lab here in Edinburgh.

Have a look at more photos and find out more about Future Positive here:

Sunday, 5 May 2013

Today's second review is Loch Ness by Jamie Stoker. When Jamie messaged me to show me his book Loch Ness, I was really excited to receive a copy for review.

The first lines of this little photography book read:

"While most children dream of becoming an astronaut or footballer when they grow up, it was something far more obscure that held my attention as a boy... I wanted to be a cryptozoologist."

I'm sure some of you felt the same way as Jamie when you were little, at least I did! I wasn't maybe that obsessed with cryptids but I remember a phase when I was reading a lot about the Yeti. What attracted me about Loch Ness is that Jamie decided to bring back this childhood fascination and turn it into a photo project that now has also become a book.

In Loch Ness, Jamie has collated part of the research and photographs he took whilst visiting this Scottish lake. The book features fragments from his interviews with people who have dedicated almost their whole life to prove the existence (or non existence) of some type of creature living in the lake. The book's format is also really nice, using Riso printing and with a layout and design that works really well with Jamie's photographs.

If you're interested in Loch Ness, you can view the whole project and buy a copy of the book on Jamie Stoker's website.

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This weekend I'm also reviewing two zines. I've received many submissions in the last few weeks so I thought it would be nice to try to review them as soon as possible so they're still relevant.

Today's first review is Incandescent, a "colour photo zine" from Portland. Incandescent is run by photo enthusiasts Marissa Csanyi and Helen Jones, who founded the zine along with Michael Cardiello.

Incandescent is published twice a year and was created as a platform to provide artists an opportunity to share their work free of charge. The zine focuses on film photography and more specifically, colour film photography - Graham Bell's foreword to this issue is a great introduction to the zine and why it showcases colour photography and not black and white.

The third issue of Incandescent features photographs by artists from all around the world showcasing different themes, although landscape photography has an important presence in the zine - which I love, of course.

Marissa and Helen are currently looking for contributors for the fourth issue of Incandescent. The deadline to submit your photos is June 15th. For more information about submissions and to buy copies of previous issues, have a look at Incandescent's website.

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